Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The air-gargoyles gently sucked and puffed the aromatic smoke into strange curlicues as if sketching the features of potential daemons which might lurk outside the hull . |
| 2 | ‘ You startled me , Mr Laidlaw , ’ he said breathlessly in English and clamped his hand over his heart as if to emphasize the point . |
| 3 | Harrison drew back his jaw as if riding the blow . |
| 4 | It bowed its ruined head to its chest as if to inspect the squealing assailant now hanging from its buckled shoulder with frantic claws . |
| 5 | But try telling that to the actor who reads : ‘ He delivers every line with a monotonous tenor bark as if addressing an audience of deaf eskimos . ’ |
| 6 | This is where modern designs like the Thermatex really comes into their own , because they wick the moisture through and keep the horse warm while he 's drying . |
| 7 | Stuart bellowed his words as if answering a court-martial and failure to enunciate perfectly at top volume would earn him a few more years in the glasshouse . |
| 8 | And then he concentrated on her mouth , his head angling to one side as if contemplating a take-over bid . |
| 9 | Hope flicked his head to one side as if dodging a blow : there had been no need to slaughter those two old booby servants ; but Newton had ignored his protests . |
| 10 | As a result , while Consolidated ponce about and play the rebel and might reach 50,000 , J might get the word to millions . |
| 11 | MacMillan has made this last song a welcome to the future as the three protagonists quietly and slowly come forwards , their hands linked , gradually raising their heads as if greeting a new day . |
| 12 | It will house a nucleus family of gorillas in its other half and we hope to be able to start a breeding programme and also to collect funds for and publicise the Digit Fund , set up to conserve gorillas in the wild . |
| 13 | He said that he had faced a dilemma about whether to choose a Bill that would make the headlines or one that would be passed . |
| 14 | His shoulders lifted towards his ears as if to help the grin along . |
| 15 | She closed her eyes as if awaiting a kiss . |
| 16 | He twitched his shoulders as if shrugging the burden of Georgina on to the new arrival . |
| 17 | For two neighbouring points on the ( p , T ) diagram this means Expanding by Taylor 's theorem about and using the first equality gives where are changes in v and S respectively at the transition . |
| 18 | While it is important that we take stock of and combat the fraudulent ways in which we are being described by those who oppose us , we should not be unmindful or insensitive to what we are saying about ourselves , of how we are describing who-we-are . |
| 19 | The fall in the price level from raises the real money stock from and reduces the rate of interest from . |
| 20 | I took my Sony from a drawer , slotted a tape in and pressed the record button . |
| 21 | A person is guilty of assault if he intentionally or recklessly — ( a ) applies force to or causes an impact on the body of another ; or ( b ) causes another to believe that any such force or impact is imminent , without the consent of the other or , where the act is likely or intended to cause personal harm , with or without consent . |
| 22 | The Rovers directors meet this weekend in an attempt to end the dilemma over whether to sell the club 's England Under-21 goalkeeper Nigel Martyn to Crystal Palace . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm just a representative of the thousands of mums on Merseyside who , through thick and thin , soldier on and bring a family up . ’ |
| 24 | In his view , the court could intervene only if the minister ( a ) failed or refused to apply his mind to or to consider the question whether to refer a complaint to the committee or ( b ) misinterpreted the law or proceeded on an erroneous view of the law or ( c ) based his decision on some wholly extraneous consideration or ( d ) failed to have regard to matters which he should have taken into account . |
| 25 | It became a parting of the ways , not a harmless flutter over whether to have a bit of a change or a grumble about poll tax . |
| 26 | I 'd put a tape on and turn the radio off . |
| 27 | It would often be necessary to go back to the user and ask for guidance on whether to broaden the search . |
| 28 | The Federal Executive shall have power , after appropriate consultations and subject to ratification by the Federal Conference , to make and from time to time vary Party rules as to membership , elections and such other matters as it may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to or supplement the provisions of this Constitution . |
| 29 | When he switched the light on and dragged the bedclothes back , he saw that his image of them had been perfect . |
| 30 | Then I came down here , switched the light on and saw the room in disarray . ’ |